Brexiters peddled ‘nationalistic pish’, said Reform UK’s Makerfield candidate
Robert Kenyon, a Reform UK candidate for the Makerfield byelection, is facing scrutiny after past comments surfaced where he criticized Brexit as economically harmful. The unearthed forum posts contradict the party's core platform and raise questions about his political alignment.
Why it matters
This highlights the internal ideological tensions within populist parties and the impact of digital footprints on modern political campaigns.
Robert Kenyon castigated Brexit as an economically self-harming project on rugby league forum in 2016 Reform UK’s candidate for the Makerfield byelection has castigated Brexit as an economically self-harming project promoted by politicians who “peddled the nationalistic pish”, raising more doubts about his commitment to Nigel Farage’s signature achievement. The comments by Robert Kenyon, unearthed on a defunct rugby league forum and first reported by the Telegraph, follow the emergence of another post in which he said people would be wrong to assume he had voted for Brexit. Continue reading...
The Guardian uses loaded language like 'castigated' and 'peddled the nationalistic pish' to frame the candidate's past views, emphasizing the contradiction to his current party's platform.
Get smarter about the news
Sign up free for a feed built around what you actually care about, Dive Deeper research on any story, and the full text of every article.
Create free accountAlready have an account? Sign in